Portrait of Frans de Witt (1516-1565)

Portrait of Frans de Witt (1516-1565)

SK-A-4756

Portret van Frans de Witt (1516-1565). Staande, ten halven lijve, naar rechts met een boek in de handen. Linksboven het familiewapen. Misschien een kopie door Cornelis Engelsz. naar een onbekend origineel. Pendant van SK-A-4757. Behoort tot een groep portretten: SK-A-4753 / SK-A-4754/ SK-A-4776 / SK-A-4772 / SK-A-4771 / SK-A-4756 / SK-A-4757 / SK-A-4773 / SK-A-4758 / SK-A-4759 / SK-A-4775 en SK-A-4774.

• coat of arms, upper left: ‘In groen drie springende zilveren hazewindhonden.’
• inscription: ‘AEta: 48 Obiit Ano 1565’

• painter: copy after anonymous, Northern Netherlands
• painter: Cornelis Engelsz (possibly)

• 1525 - 1574
• 1585 - 1650

oil on panel

support: height 42 cm x width 31.5 cm

Jonkheer E.L.W.M. Hoeufft van Velsen Bequest, Meeuwen

bequest 1965

Public domain

? Commissioned by or for the sitter; ? by descent through the family of the sitter to Jonkheer Ernest Louis Willy Marc Hoeufft, Lord of Velsen and Santpoort (1903-65), Meeuwen (near ’s-Hertogenbosch); by whom bequeathed, with pendant SK-A-4757 and xx other objects, to the museum, 1965

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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